A 2.1 magnitude earthquake has been recorded near the town of Tully in Far North Queensland

In brief: A 2.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded near Tully, between Cairns and Townsville, at around 8pm on Tuesday night. Geoscience Australia received more than 50 reports from people who felt the quake, with some reporting a loud bang. What's next? Jonathan Griffin from the Australian Geosciences Center says there may be some aftershocks, but they may not be felt if their magnitude is less than 2.1.

A 2.1 magnitude earthquake recorded near Tully has shaken residents of far north Queensland, but a seismologist says it was too small to cause any damage.

Geoscience Australia data shows the quake struck at around 8.02pm on Tuesday, with its epicenter about 10km below a national park, just north of the city.

The Australian Geosciences Foundation has received more than 50 “concrete reports” along the Cassowary Coast from Wangan to Cardwell.

“The quake occurred fairly superficially in the Earth's crust, and a number of people told us they felt it, particularly in the town of Tully itself,” said Jonathan Griffin, a leading earthquake expert.

Dr Griffin said a 2.1 magnitude quake was too small to cause any damage, but people would have noticed “things on the shelf shaking”.

“The other thing our reports tell us is that people heard a loud bang as well,” Dr. Griffin said.

“This indicates that you are actually hearing the sound of the rock crashing.

“An earthquake this strong rips apart an area of ​​rock about 100 meters by 100 metres, and might move a centimeter or so.”

Dr Griffin said an earthquake of this magnitude was “fairly small, and a lot of times, if they were far from the city, no one would feel it”.

“This happened close to the city, and 60 felt reports is a good number of felt reports for an earthquake of this strength, which suggests it may be shallower than we are reporting,” he said.

Geoscience Australia received more than 50 reports from people who felt the quake, with the epicenter marked with an orange dot. (Source: Geoscience Australia)

Dr Griffin said that while the Australian continent was located within a tectonic plate, pushing that plate into Papua New Guinea to the north could cause earthquakes from time to time.

The Australian Geosciences Authority has recorded 10 earthquakes recorded within 100 kilometers of Tully over the past decade.

Dr Griffin said: “The largest of these was a magnitude 3.1 disaster which occurred off Innisfail Beach a few years ago.”

“There was a big earthquake off Innisfail Beach in 1990 as well. It had a magnitude of 4.3, so we get occasional tremors in that area.”

Dr Griffin said it was “always possible” that aftershocks would occur, but they were unlikely to be felt if they were less than 2.1 magnitude.

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